Despite rocking an image stabilizing gizmo, last year’s iPhone 6 Plus didn’t actually make use of the mechanism when taking video. For whatever reason, Apple had decided to only make use of OIS with images — and while not ideal, that’s still a plus. With this year’s iPhone 6s Plus,…
Teen prosecuted as adult for having naked images – of himself – on phone
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A teenage boy in North Carolina has been prosecuted for having nude pictures of himself on his own mobile phone. The young man, who is now 17 but was 16 at the time the photos were discovered, had to strike a…
Phone scamster arrested by Cyber Crime sleuths
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A fraudster who lured a Naval Dockyard employee with a phoney prize of a Tata Indica car has fallen into the hands of the Cyber Crime Cell. Poliseeti Eswar Rao, a resident of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, allegedly lured the dockyard worker, Netram…
Hacking an Android phone can be as simple as typing in a really long password
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Android 5.0 “Lollipop,” the latest version of the Android phone operating system, is vulnerable to a simple hack that involves typing in a password so long that it causes the phone to crash before then booting to the unlocked home screen….
Xiaomi Mi 4c and its box leak less than 24 hours before the phone is to be unveiled
The Xiaomi Mi 4c is scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow. But what would you do if you were booked into the same hotel where the event is going to be held, and you happened to find the exact room where the Mi 4c will be revealed in less than 24…
AT&T SUES EX-EMPLOYEES OVER PHONE UNLOCKING & HACKING MALWARE
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AT&T has brought a lawsuit against three of its former employees and an Anaheim-based IT company, alleging that the group conspired to install malware on company computers that would illicitly generate unlock codes for customer phones. According to the suit, Anaheim’s…
10 of the best USB car chargers you can get to power your phone
Have you ever wondered what the future of smartphone batteries and charging holds? Perhaps the handsets of our grand-kids will recharge from the sun using solar panels, or perhaps they’ll harvest the kinetic energy from walking and turn it into electricity. Or who knows, smart minds might come up with…
Some AT&T Nokia Lumia 830 owners find a way to flash the Lumia Denim update on their phone
AT&T never sent out the Lumia Denim update for the Nokia Lumia 830. But there is still hope for those AT&T customer rocking the Windows Phone handset. Apparently, some Lumia 830 users were able to flash the update onto their phones from the Windows Phone Recovery Tool server. The app…
UN slams Vodafone over phone hacking
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Vodafone’s hacking of a reporter’s phone — and subsequent cover-up — has been attacked as “egregious” by the United Nations… For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post UN slams Vodafone over phone hacking appeared first…
Apple’s iPhone upgrade plan helps the company rake in more money per phone
During last week’s new products announcement, Apple introduced a new plan that would allow someone to pay $32 a month for the Apple iPhone 6s, and exchange it for the newest version of the phone every 12 months. The key to the plan is that the customers signing up for…